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Full Scores from High School Rodeo Finals
FORT PIERRE,S.D- After the dust had settled from five days of competition, slots had been filled for the National High School Finals Rodeo to be held in Rock Springs, Wyoming, July 14-20. Saturday's s...
Justin Cowart Jun 17, 2024
Paying for paradise? Hawaii mulls fees for ecotourism crush
HONOLULU (AP) - Taking care of Hawaii's unique natural environment takes time, people and money. Now Hawaii wants tourists to help pay for it as more tourists choose hiking over golf, with social medi...
Jody Heemstra Apr 05, 2023
As daughter sought state license, Noem summoned agency head
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Just days after a South Dakota agency moved to deny her daughter's application to become a certified real estate appraiser, Gov. Kristi Noem summoned to her office the state e...
Jody Heemstra Sep 27, 2021
Higher prices, higher interest rates have Americans holding on to their vehicles longer than ever
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - Americans are keeping their cars longer than ever. The average age of a passenger vehicle on U.S. roads hit a record 12.5 years this year, according to data gathered by S&P...
Jody Heemstra May 15, 2023 nakhon100 / CC
The math problem: Kids are still behind. How can schools catch them up?
UNDATED (AP)- Across the country, schools are scrambling to catch up students in math as post-pandemic test scores reveal the depth of missing skills. On average, education analysts say students' math...
Jody Heemstra Aug 30, 2023
Rail whistleblowers fired for voicing safety concerns despite efforts to end practice of retaliation
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Hours before a Norfolk Southern train derailed in Ohio and erupted in fire in February 2023, a judge ruled a former railroad employee could proceed with a lawsuit claiming he had be...
Jody Heemstra Aug 21, 2023
'Best Before' labels scrutinized as food waste concerns grow
UNDATED (AP)- "Best before" labels are coming under scrutiny as concerns about food waste grow around the world. Manufacturers have used the labels for decades to estimate peak freshness. Bu...
Jody Heemstra Oct 05, 2022
In unusual step, U2 reinterprets 40 of its best-known songs
NEW YORK (AP) - In reimagining 40 of its best-known songs in new recordings, U2 considered how many fans experience the music: through earphones connected to a device in their pockets. Most of the son...
Jody Heemstra Mar 14, 2023 U2start / CC
Tornado damages Pfizer plant in North Carolina as scorching heat and floods sock other parts of US
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A tornado has heavily damaged a major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina - the latest in a string of extreme weather events plaguing the U.S. Torrential rains flooded c...
Jody Heemstra Jul 20, 2023
Love it or hate it, self-checkout is here to stay. But it's going through a reckoning
NEW YORK (AP) - The promise of self-checkout has meant that customers can avoid long lines by scanning and bagging their own items, workers can be freed of doing those monotonous tasks themselves and ...
Jody Heemstra Dec 18, 2023 pin add / CC